Comparative Concept: prosody (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
prosody (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | prosody |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | prosody (str) |
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Definition
a phonological strategy typically used for expressing certain nonpredicational clause constructions and speech act constructions. Example: prosody can be used in English to express a thetic construction: (What's the matter?) My NECK hurts. (Section 11.3.2)